When these were brought, Uncle George put a spoonful of soil into the tumbler, and then poured some water on it.
“Stir it up, please, Dolly,” said Uncle George, “and you may pretend you are going to make a pudding.”
Dolly did so.
“Now let us put it aside for a few minutes, while we place the flowers we have gathered into the vases,” said Uncle George. “Then we will look at our tumbler of muddy water.”
How pretty the flowers were made to look! How fresh they were! and how pleasant was their scent! The children hardly thought of the tumbler, but Uncle George was ready now for the lesson.
Glass of Mud and Water.
“Look! look, at the tumbler,” said he. “Do you see a change?”
“Indeed we do,” said all the children in one voice.
“The mud has sunk to the bottom of the glass,” added Tom, “and the water on the top is clear.”